Ice creeper for shoes



Dec. 26, 1922.

J. DICARLO.

ICE CREEPER FOR suozs. FILED APR 22 1920 6 QMVE'NTOR Z Patented net. as,1922. o l iifl dll 7 i rye ty e we We t r e a 1; 1 '-r we: ,7: a e- E).in Tish a. l Alias i i iihlit r a r can JOSEPH DIGARLO, EDWARDSVILLE,ILLINOIS.

ICE CEEEPER FOR SHOES.

Application filed April 22, 1920. Serial No. 375,767.

To allwhomz'tma z concern: upon the ends 9 of the straps 10 and 11;

Be it known that I, JosnrH Dronn io, a these ears are then riveted tothe straps by' citizen of-the United States residing in the rivets 12'which pierce through the ears and city of Edwardsville and State ofIllinois, the ends of the straps. It will be noted that 5 have inventednew and useful Improvements two of the ears are located at the toe ofthe in Ice Creepers for Shoes, of which the folplate .1, while twoothers are oppositely polowing is a specification, reference beingsitioned at a medial point along the sides of had to the accompanyingdrawings. i the plate 1, and finally two are oppositely This inventionpertains toan attachment positioned at the rear end ofthe plate 1.

10 for shoes, in the nature of an ice creeper or Thestrap 10 is formedin the shape of a anti-slip device. Maltese cross, the rearwardlyextending The primary object is to provide a simple, tongue 13 thereofbeing 2 adapted to engage eflicient and durable attachment for the abuckle 1 1 which is mounted mediately shoes of pedestrians, which willenable one upon the strap 11. The strap 11 is likewise 15 to walk uponthe ice or any slippery surface composed of two parts joined together bya without danger of falling. buckle 15. Thus the toe portion may be ad-Another object is to provide the device in justed and secured to theshoe. a form readily attachable to and detachable I likewise provide aheel plate 16, simifrom the shoe, v v larly formed from a single pieceof sheet i 20 A further object is to provide such a demetal, as shown inFigure 6 and likewise vice stamped from a single piece of sheetperforated with a plurality of holes 1 "metal-and bent and punctured toform for punched downwardly so as to afford ragged use. y edges 5 toprevent the slipping of the heel.

In the drawing i This heelplate is cut/and shaped and con- 5 Figure 1 isa sideelevation of the device sists of a bottom plate 17 and anupstanding necessary to equip one shoe, same consisting side strip 18adapted to frictionally engage of a heel plate and a toe, plate. theheel 19 of the shoe 3. Theside strip has Figure 2 is a top plan view.integral connection with the bottom plate Figure 3 is a frontalelevation. l 17 at the rear point 20, is then bent for- 30 Figure dis arear elevation wardly past theintegral side lugs 21, and

Figure 5 is .a detail showing the method the integral front lugs 22, andthe ends 23 of attaching the straps to the toe plate. of the side stripare bent and pinched in Figure 6 is a plan'view of theheel and back ofthe lugs 22. The side strip 18 is L toe elements spread out in sheetform. then further locked by bending the top ends 5 In carrying out thisinvention, I provide 245 of the lugs 21 and 22 down and outa toe plate 1formed from a single piece of wardly and pinching these ends against thesheet metal cut to form as shown in Figure side strip.

6. This plate is cut to conform to the for- The operation of theapparatus is obvious. ward portion or ball 2 of the shoe 3. The Varioussizes of the heel and toe plates 4 body of the plate '1 is perforatedwith av pluwould of course be made to meet demand rality of holes 4:which are punched down- While I have herein described a certain wardlyso that the ragged edges. 5 of the 'specii'ic method of constructing andassem holes project downwardly as means for enbling the elements of myinvention, it is ungaging the slipper-surface. The outer edges derstoodsame may be varied in minor de- 45 ofthe plate 1 are provided inoppositely distails, not departing from the spirit of my posed relationwith a plurality of ears 6. invention as defined in the appended claim.These ears are formed integrally with the What I claim to be new andpatentable is: plate 1, being connected .tothe plate 1 at the An icecreeper for shoes, formed of a points 7, while the free ends 8 of theears single piece of sheet metal,'and including a 50 are adapted to bebent around and closed heel plate, side strips having integralconneetion With the heel plate at a central rear over the inwardlyturned ends 0'5 the side point, side lugs and frontal lugs; the saidstrips. side strips being bent up and extended X around the sides of theheel plate and bent JOSEPH DILARLU partly across the front thereof; theside lugs: Witnesses: being bent up and down over the side strips: A. K.DOHLE,

and the frontal lugs being bent up and down 0. J. MUELLER

